. >>> plus, an art exhibit on the buddha's legendary 500 disciples, known as "the worthy ones." >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. religious groups had strong reactions this week after president obama publicly announced his support for same-sex marriage. speaking to abc news, the president said although he had in the past opposed the practice because of religious concerns, his new position is rooted in his christian faith. he cited the golden rule, saying it was important to quote "treat others the way you would want to be treated." many moderate and liberal religious groups praised the president's decision as a matter of justice. but others, including the u.s. catholic bishops and evangelical groups said this would undermine what many call the sacrament of marriage. experts are debating the political implications. although polls show growing public support for gay marriage, opinion is almost equally divided, and the most religious remain the most opposed. >>> in north carolina, on tuesday, a majority of voters -- 61% -- approved a state constitutional amendment

if you are one of my girls that loves the buddha, my mother broughtme the great buddha from asia and said robert bold of belly you feel nervous--rub the buddhas's belly or you need to calm down. and this sculpture is so magnificent on this, bill lustre, the waxy she and the white topaz look exactly like indian cut champagne diamonds, nobody would know that that is white topaz. >>host: is the way if you are on board you do have it.3 on the line until the network representative tells you is gone.i hesitate to show this because if we do we did 90 to talk about it. even from just mentioning it once, without even giving you the item number we sold three dozen of these. labradorite black spinel, appraised at $360, it is yours for under $60 on flex pay. elegance say is three dozen were ordered without even giving c13 graphic information. i will give you item number 164-030. >>guest: uses look at the livervessenceabradoressence.that ring is a top- selling style. because you have never seen a triple gem labradorite legging in nat and next to the black spinel is actually more reflective and mo

. >> the buddha bar, buddha lounge, once again dark inside. here is the exotic orient brought to you in san francisco. it's very--i don't see anybody going in though. >> these are all wholesome people. >> osama bin oh, here we have a bunch of fairytale buildings in san francisco and it looks sort of medieval with the arched door and you get the feeling that once you are in there you can shut the door and barricade yourself in and pour boiling stuff. >> we have had entrances that project and this sits itself back. >> it sets itself back and projects simultaneously because it's a strong geometric form. it's on columbus avenue and you notice across the street and down the street and you are really drown to the entrance and it draws you in. you want to go into the building. >> they have a side transitional space from the sidewalk to the entrance, do you think? >> this is actually a building that has always had a major commercial ground floor use. there used to be an italian supermarket that covered the ground floor. since the '80's has been a bran

or buddha in the wings. even lying on your back, you are mocking. this is not a cynical, or pessimist or neonnist poem. join deaths to your life and you will live as if there 1 drum to march to. there is no march at all. you are there. all will be well for all. [applause]. >> >> >> >> >> i would like to tell you my experience -- when i first came here, i was the first philippino librarian. i said why don't we have a reception. i called up the san francisco press and they told me, i told them we would honor dr. rosay, when the doctor comes to the international airport, please let us know. now i am happy that the library has made us up this annual event. they have made this a program at the library. [music playing] [singing] [applause] [singing] [applause] [singing] >> for purple mountain majesties above the fruit and plains, america, america, god shed his grace on thee. and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain. for purple mountain majesties, above the fruit and plains, ameri

and you can watch the full interview with picked a buddha you can do so well on sunday here on say. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow days after the deadly sue hoist super jet crash in indonesia the first rescue team is soon expected to reach the site of the wreckage in remote mountains no survivors have been found yet but as our teams preassure to reports some relatives are still holding out hope. chaos of jakarta's domestic airport where hundreds gathered after russian superjet sukhoi one hundred went missing from radars on wednesday early thursday their worst fears were realized as air force helicopters found the remains of the plane on a mountainside thirty miles outside indonesia's capital city ever since the plane disappeared off the radar members of the media and family members of those who were on the plane have been gathering here at the crisis center hoping for any word as to what could have happened to their loved ones and what caused the plane to go down. did the mad has been at the airport since he found out that his wife was on board the missing plane she has be

some people say living buddha. nonsense. and also the other side, some people say me demon. that also nonsense. i'm simply a human being. like that. >> when i was very young, kids of my age when i was sort of 8 or 9 years old, they wanted to be an astronaut or, you know, a scientist or something like that. >> hmm. >> today's children, many of them in all the surveys want to be celebrities. they don't care how they get there. they just want to be celebrities. and many people think that is damaging to modern society, that that is the new aspiration of young people. >> the word -- >> celebrity. >> celebrity. or be famous. >> yeah. >> i think -- and may i say so, most case spots or sinners or some dancers, that part, that kind, one can put it that way. so another i think really add some scientist, genuinely cares research, analyze, finding some new things and chip away. so i prefer this one, really thinking, not just sort of external thing. >> so you like famous people who are famous because they have done something serious, scientific. >> yes. >> intelligent. rather than perhap

or buddha in the wings. even lying on your back, you are mocking. this is not a cynical, or pessimist or neonnist poem. join deaths to your life and you will live as if there 1 drum to march to. there is no march at all. you are there. all will be well for all. [applause]. >> >> >> >> oh, my! haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> patricia leanne caldwell born in tennessee. daughter of robert and irma. at age of 3 moved to missouri and returned when she was 12 years old. patricia grew up with segregation and injustices which she writes about. she spent many countless hours in the nashville public library. it was her family life that was bountiful and flowing with tales told by her story telling grandfather. raised with love of reading and oral tradition. graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patrici

they released dozens of floating lanterns to commemorate the teachings of buddha. thousands of devotees traveled from around the world to the temple in what they consider a holy day. the celebration is used as a ritual to preserve one of the country's oldest religions. >>> in china technology is spreading its roots. at a tech fair, robo farmers were a big hit. the bots are perhapsed to assess the condition of vegetables and shower them with either pesticides or fertilizer if needed. if the veggie is right for the picking, the machine can even clip it from the plant and continue down the row. >>> finally, a revolutionary rematch at john. f. kennedy airport. members of the tsa went head-to-head with lond londons famed metropolitan police department. they dragged a 150,000-pound plane about 100 yards looking for the fastest time. the usa took top honors with the tsa clocking in at just over 30 seconds. the competition was to raise money for cancer research but they were probably just told to take off the shoes. they had the advantage. is that a terrible joke? >> blank

>>> this video was taken in a zoo in buddha pest, capturing a few can gar roos and one of them has interestingentions. you see a kangaroo chasing a peacock. >> are they in the same cage? >> it looks like they are in the same cage. >> whoa! >> smart move by the peacock. >> a pretty sly move by the peacock. >> i feel like the little kangaroo could jump up on the roof. >> he was very determined to catch this peacock. >> by the feathers on the peacock, i can tell it is a female. i guess green feathers means it is female maybe even looking for some female peacock love. >> i thought they were brown and didn't have feathers. >> no, that's the male. >> i thought they were blue. >> i'm pretty sure that christiane minored in peacockology. >> females are green. >> the males are the fancy ones. >> it doesn't matter. >> i know that i'm wrong. >> this kangaroo was trying to get himself a little bit of peacock tail. >> imagine that cross breed. >> a kangacock. >> or a pearoo. >>> that's it for our show. thanks so much for joining us. if you have one more video, this is the beginning of the 2012 cliff diving

and all that eventually brought me here to try and reach the spiritual state of buddha. i could have told you that i would be helping everyone that i would be reading mantras for the sake of all living creatures. but things are not that simple can you honestly i do not know myself what is going to happen to me. since i'm. mental and does not yet know what the future holds in store for him but he is certain that he will continue his education he may leave the datsun and go to india to study buddhism there. video to show you the thing it is that an ordinary person believes that he is living his only life right now so when mistakes seem really scary the one of his is not the case. amanda is a geometric model of the universe a sacred image music and songs accompany the construction which the monks spend hours working on the culture canvas only to destroy it later as any model of the universe is it but his terms questionable. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we

a year ago, we had the three heads and the 6 armi buddha that was another example of international art. this lotus suggest to you the feeling of international modern art. it is one thing the that that our asian art museum begins this month with their exhibition of -- what is the spots going on in the rest of the world? i know the asian art museum did a great job with the historic artifacts. but they wanted to be much more than that. they want to contribute to what is going on in the world today. what are the international artists thinking about? what message are they sending to the rest of the world? what is going on in their mind across the world that would perhaps contribute to our own thoughts and values? this is an example of what i think will be an exciting contribution for years to come. what else can we expect from the rest of the world's throughout our asian counterparts in the far east? i have been happy to help cris andhristen -- help christen this effort. activities that will happen in the month of may. the street heritage festival will happen right here on the street beginn

this happened before one of the holiest days which is the birth of buddha.he identity of the person who released this video has not been released for his safety. >> the monks are going to put a hit out on this guy on top of everything else? >> the head of the order did accept their resignation. so they were identified. their identities were not released, but they did sign resignations. the stakes in this 13-hour gambling day led to winnings of about $870,000. >> wow! >> so these guys weren't exactly playing with beans here. >> where do monks get that kind of money? they've taken a vow of poverty. >> the path took a slight turn for this one. >>> what you're looking at is video from a theft. you see this guy? he's getting out of a car. there's a passenger in the car, but this guy gets out with some bolt cutters. and they are going to take something. an ac unit. >> what? >> so he gets out with bolt cutters. and then he comes out with an ax. >> when a guy gets out with a pair of bolt cutters and an ax, something bad's about to happen. >> so this guy is stealing

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with bill it was there were more still on the line between will question and former president maybe buddha was always very cautious he never got involved in a very very. angry exchange awards that took place between midriff and will question call and there is a lot less bad blood between them and even made a video if you know it just changed his tone towards the question during the last one and the hof years. you're watching we've got all of our top stories covered. what else is on our website. and. that's still the. field of discovered. the official. video. and. just a moment on the world update. lawyers are considering a last ditch attempt to stop his extradition to sweden after much of legal wrangling on wednesday the supreme court ordered the top whistle blowers transferred questions on sex crimes accusations which. journalist and author al book believes. washington. what i've seen so far on the net is pretty consistent with what we have seen all along in the past eighteen months or so and that is a mean the hostile and negative attitude towards. julian assange and his attempt to avoid

relief and nonfunctional dictatorship of course his case has been like a hollywood blockbuster picture buddhas a russian air cargo businessman in his forty's he's been dubbed the merchant of death in the united states the u.s. has spent years and tens of millions of dollars in an operation to hunt this man down of course we know that u.s. agents posing as far as members met with viktor boot and then of arrested him in thailand in two thousand and eight two years later regardless of the fact that thai courts found him not guilty twice in what was called arm twisting by the united states victor boot was extradited into u.s. territory to face charges of international arms trafficking victim himself has always maintained his innocence and believes his case to be political theaetetus also asked him if he has a message for the president of the united states as well as a u.s. official in general who are behind the operation in luring and victor boot. message where you. keep using these products. drug enforcement. and i'm very we're going to grant a crime this will not only not help america really sol

presidents about signing peace with us king hussein of jordan saying peace the people who became buddhas after them kept the agreement we wish and hope it would be kept longer there have been comments by leading israeli figures that the israeli population is not being told the full consequences of what an attack on iran would mean do you agree with us. i don't think i should speak on israeli attack on iran i think this is something israeli should not speak oh i'm sorry that some of my colleagues did speak of it or hinted to it i think it's a mistake and i from day one don't speak of it before from people being. clear big big clarity of the object is very for the objectives you run you. stop enrichment stop the building of weapons everything build it and how we do it how we get it we need to be very. balance and. strong and sophisticated when i say we thought only israel it's all those countries we just did a report on how the israeli public is not ready for an attack by event that there aren't any kind of shelters or awareness to get gas masks which begs the question why is the israeli p

with bill it was there were more still on the line between will question and former president may be buddha was always very cautious he never got involved in a very very. angry exchange awards that took place between midriff and will question and there is a lot less bad blood between them and even made a video if you noticed changed his tone towards the question during the last one and the years. i know we've got all of our top stories covered on air and online at r.t. dot com let's have a look and see what's waiting for you there right now the controversial at and t. piracy agreement dealt a blow by the european parliament to e.u. wide protests but the treaty could still come into force those details online that r.t.e. dot com. had a field of cannabis discovered right here in moscow with authorities saying that the hemp seeds must have come into the soil come in with the saw this used to grow lawns as for the allies those details also at r.t. dog. julian assange and his lawyers are considering a last ditch attempt to stop his extradition to sweden after much legal wrangling on wednesday th